First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (I Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.

District Chih-I

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covers the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Guadalupe, Janos, Práxedis G. Guerrero and the southern part of the municipality of Juárez.[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the First District's territory was in the north and north-east of the state, covering the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Madera, Matachí, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Práxedis G. Guerrero and Temósachi; it was centred on the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes.[2]

1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the First District was located in the centre of the state and was centred on the state capital, the city of Chihuahua

Deputies returned to Congress from this district
Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

Results
2 July 2006 General Election: First District of Chihuahua
Party or AllianceCandidateVotesPercentage
National Action PartyJuan Ramón Chacón Rojo39,391
33.16 / 100
Alliance for Mexico
(PRI, PVEM)		YEnrique Serrano Escobar45,482
38.29 / 100
Coalition for the Good of All
(PRD, PT, Convergencia)		Eleazar Reyes Salazar20,062
16.89 / 100
New Alliance PartyJosé Antonio Reyes Cortez8,023
6.75 / 100
Social Democratic and Peasant AlternativeClaudia Silvia Alvarado Carmona3,108
2.62 / 100
NUnregistered candidates272
0.23 / 100
NSpoilt papers2,451
2.06 / 100
Total131,195
100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[3]

References
  1. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  3. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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